Umizaru (2004)

Umizaru is a 2004 action film directed by Eiichiro Hasumi. It is the first feature-length film of the Umizaru projects, preceding the 2005 11-episode Fuji Television and Kyodo Television drama series Umizaru Evolution and the 2006 film Limit of Love: Umizaru. The film is the first of the 3-part film and television project. The project is adapted from the popular 12 Shogakukan manga books Umizaru written by Yōichi Komori (小森陽一) and art by Shūhō Satō from 1998 to 2001. The film stars Ito Hideaki as Japan Coast Guard (JCG) rescue diver Senzaki Daisuke, and Kato Ai as his love interest Izawa Kanna.

There are also NHK dramas Umizaru (2002) and Umizaru 2 (2003).

Umizaru (海猿) means "Sea Monkey"; a derogatory label slapped on the rescue diver trainees by local townsfolk of the city of Kure due to their excessive and uninhibited behaviour during off hours.

Journey's "Open Arms" as the theme song was used in the film.

The movie The Guardian (2006 film) was based on the this movie.

Synopsis

Le film "Umizaru" est l'histoire de 14 jeunes officiers des garde-côtes japonais qui participent à une formation éreintante pour devenir plongeurs de sauvetage. Ils doivent endurer et survivre à une formation de 50 jours. Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito) et 13 autres recrues prennent part à la formation. Avec son amour pour l'océan et son rêve de travailler comme sauveteur en mer, être plongeur de sauvetage semblait être la profession parfaite pour Daisuke.

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